William Cooper (judge)

William Cooper was an American merchant, land speculator and developer, the founder of Cooperstown, New York. A politician, he was appointed as a county judge and later served two terms in the United States Congress, representing Otsego County and central New York. He was the father of James Fenimore Cooper, who became a noted writer of historical novels related to the New York frontier.

2 December 1754

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Alexander Haig • Amaury Leveaux • Elizabeth Berg (author) • Eugene Jeter • Harriet Cohen • John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General) • Michael McIndoe • Penelope Spheeris • Rich Sutter • Treach

Born in the same month (December 1754): George Crabbe